No more Student List?
I have spent quite a while trying to consolidate and improve the Blog-Roll and Students list on my separate page. All in vain. Whatever I tried, I can’t seem to get things right with this blasted PHP.
The various changes and compositions I make in my HTML editor (Kompozer) just look fine, but then when I try to transfer all that to my blog, it is all a mess again.
So I gave up and started to do some more useful stuff.
So I went “Oil-rig hopping” as Alex called it, and found out on Joe Trueman’s site that having such a massive list of links to all those students is a dangerous proposition, and may cause you to be banned from Google.
So now back to the drawing board.
Either I will put a “no-follow” with all these links, or remove the links out these listings altogether, and make them text only.
The first option will require me to do more research how to do this, and the latter will be a lot of bean-picking to get it all cleaned up.
So there is plenty to keep us busy.
I don’t think that at this rate I will be a contender for Alex’s $1000 prize for most traffic.
Back in business again.
In my effort to make some “improvements” on my blog, I managed to lock myself (and everybody else) out of my blog for 4 days. After many attempted modifications and corrections, as well as many calls to the tech-support of my hosting company, we got to the bottom of things, and voilà, the blog is up again. Phew.
Ready for the next improvement….
Since this problem required all my attention, it has set me back quite a bit in my efforts to get more new posts installed on my blog and make some posts and comments on the blogs of the other students, as recommended by Alex. So that is going to be the next priority.
I have been looking at a number of the sites from the fellow students, and I am absolutely impressed with what some have accomplished with their blogs. The number of posts, and the variety of options, pictures, links and fancy features that can be found there is impressive. This shows me that I have a long road of learning ahead of me. At least there are many good examples to follow and to learn from.
So here we go - off to see the wizard.
I did it all - I think…
I think I am finally up to scratch with the basic requirements for blog set-up as suggested by Alex.
Today, just under the wire, before the next teleseminar (#4), I managed to get Google Analytics installed.
There are no error messages anywhere this time, so it is probably OK.
All I have to do now is figure out how to access and read the results of these analyses.
But I understand we will need to let it run for a couple of days to give it time to gather some data.
I am very late with the completion of my blog because of my unfamiliarity with blogging and HTML code and also I have had to deal with a series of problems and setbacks, mainly due to the idiosyncrasies of the various themes I tried to use.
A number of them just did not behave the way I wanted them to. Some had built-in restrictions which only show up of course after you have been working with them for a while. So then I had to try a new one again.
Trying to find a theme that suits your taste and your requirement is awfully time-consuming, since there are such an immense number to choose from.
But I think I finally managed to settle down with a theme that I can appreciate and work with - so far 
Now during the next session we will undoubtedly get a lot more home work, so the pressure stays up.
Get included in the student list.
Just a small post at the request of Mark Austin and Garry Parkes, as posted on Mark’s blog.
If you are a student of Alex and you want your blog to be included in the list of students, they ask us to complete the following 5 steps:
1. Add a comment to this thread (and this one only) on Garry’s site:
http://garryparkes.com/alex-jeffreys/get-a-slice-of-the-1-million-up-for-grabs/
Make a note of the numer of your posting in this thread.
2. Be on his Blogroll
3. Get a Blogroll set up on your blog, (doesn’t have to be massive) and a link to Garrys site must be included.
4. Add a post on your own blog linking to the thread in step 1, basically informing all other students to get included in the book (just like this posting).
5. Leave a message on Mark’s blog, indicating that you have completed all 5 steps, and tell him the number of your posting on Garry’s blog thread, as indicated above. This makes it much easier for Mark to verify your posting.
http://missioninternetmarketing.com/blog/important-garrys-newsletter-to-have-your-site-included-confirm-here/
Now wait for your name to show up on their list.
This may take a while, as these guys are tremendously busy, and all this requires quite a bit of work on their part.
I found it….
After some careful retracing of my steps and re-auditing the installation video, I found out of course, that the video I was watching was perfectly good and precise in it’s instructions.
It appeared that I had overlooked one small but crucial step of the process. After that things started to progress again, and the rest was just a process of tweaking and discovering the world of HTML.
So consequently I am now the proud owner of a side-bar opt-in form for Alex’s course.
I am now ready to stumble along to the next hurdle.
Struggles with blog design.
I have been trying madly to get up to speed with this blogging business, but things are progressing quite slowly. Every time I want to try something new, I get stuck trying to find my way in this maze.
I did find some wonderful websites to help us newbies along.
One of them is the site, or actually a set of sites from the blog-expert Matt Garrett: http://blogtactics.com/videos or
He posts there a series of instructional videos (free), about website and blog installation and setup. Just excellent.
Although, in one of his videos about how to install the autoresponder opt-in form into the blog, he suggests to go to, or choose the “Sidebar Option” in order to install this form.
Now for the world of me I cannot find this “Sidebar Option” anywhere on my blog, or in the administrative section.
After spinning my wheels for way too long, I concluded that this was omitted in the theme I had chosen (Carrington).
So, I searched, and found another theme that looked a bit similar to what I had, so I installed that.
Still no bloody Sidebar Option to be found.
Am I choosing the wrong themes?
In the videos of Matt it all looks so simple, but in practice it turns out to be totally different.
It just drives me nuts, and I spend way too much time fooling around with these frustrations.
My first and introductory post on my new blog.
Hi All,
I am a student of Alex Jeffreys and I am mighty happy I signed up.
For quite a number of years I have been looking for the right way and the right niche to get into the Internet-Marketing arena.
Of course as a result of all this searching I have virtual piles of reports, ebooks and software swimming around on my hard drives. Also, my email in-box is constantly filling up at an alarming rate, since of course everyone who has some ebook or report to give away or sell, puts you on your mailing list. I must admit that I do not always unsubscribe from these lists, as there is always something new to be learned, and fascinating offers to be investigated.
After I started questioning my own sanity about this process, I discovered fortunately that I am not quite unique in this ‘addiction’. It seems to be a fairly normal trend for a lot of people who are interested in getting started in this cyberworld - even famous names in the Internet Marketing world have admitted to this. Alex himself admitted to doing the same thing of waiting for the right email to come along, until he decided to cut himself loose from all that. I am now looking forward to the arduous task of tearing myself away from this constant flow of freebies and sales pitches, and unsubscribing myself from all those mailing lists.
Over the years I have attended a few Internet-Business seminars, and just about everybody there keeps telling us “You need a mentor” (especially those who provide coaching ;), and so, for a long time I have been looking for a coach or system that appealed to me.
I have listened to the sales pitches and presentations of many gurus and other famous people who had made it big with Internet Marketing. All offers were very enticing.
In most cases however the prices that were charged for these courses were well beyond my reach and/or comfort level ($2,500 - $6,000 USD).
Especially since in my earlier days of my search I had “been had” by some “coaching” outfit from Utah. Apparently coaching programs from that state have developed the same trustworthiness as business opportunities as financial intermediary from Nigeria. And after that experience of course: “Once burnt, twice shy”. You tend to become very careful who you believe and trust.
I finally cut through the knot, and signed up for the coaching program with Alex Jeffreys.
Boy did I need that!
Making a decision like that provided instant focus in my life. Once started with this coaching program, there is no looking back. You just have to get with the program, and make sure you do not fall behind.
Alex provides the inspiration, motivation and guidance to get us off our butts and “get it going”.
Just the energy level and the tireless enthusiasm he displays during his coaching sessions is amazing. Even after the coaching webinar is over, he goes on for hours answering everybody’s questions. Most admirable! Such dedication is an inspiration for us all.
Just to get the assignment done to have this blog set up, I have posted this blurb in a hurry.
It is a ‘work-in-progress’, since it is becoming rapidly very obvious that I have an awful lot to learn with this blogging process.
